IP Camera not working, not able to access via Internet outside - Cause and solution

We often have issue with our vstarcam IP camera, when either my wife or myself not able to see anything on our IP camera. Most of the time issue with accessing the camera itself. This is very frustrating, so I though to summarize some of the things, which can go wrong and has created issues in our case. Since we can not install vstarcam application in our office computers, we either use our iPhone or Android phone to access vstarcam IP camera and monitor our home, mainly to see how our baby is doing. Some time we also access our vstarcam camera directly using browser by selecting option four, access via smartphone browsers, which doesn't require any other application to be installed. Now following are couple of things, which has created issues in past related to working of our IP camera.

How to setup Vstarcam IP camera - PnP series at Home

So you just bought a PnP series Vstarcam IP Camera, well Congratulations, Good buy. It's cheap and has acceptable video quality. what's more, it's very easy to setup, that's what PnP means Plug and Play. In this IP Camera help blog post, I will share my experience on installing vstarcam IP camera in LAN and then make it available over the internet for remote access. I will keep it short and simple without overwhelming with technical jargon. So here are steps to configure VStarCam IP camera - PNP Series in your home network.

How to access Wireless Internet Router - Home network

So you got wireless internet connection and want to access your wireless router? may be to configure port forwarding or providing your IP camera a fixed address? Accessing router is very important to see all important details regarding your home internet network. In order to access your router, you need it's IP address, generally it's something like 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1. You can avoid guess work if you are familiar with ipconfig command. This command shows important details about your internet connection. Here is a way to find IP address of your router :

Welcome to IP Camera How to, Tutorials, Tips and Help

IP Camera is getting more and more popular among families, small business and at various places for monitoring and surveillance and there is always good reason to use IP Camera for security purpose. In this blog I will share my experience and try to help on setting up IP Camera, troubleshooting issues and tips to avoid  those, which I learned during time.

This blog will cover :

1) Basics of IP Camera , some technical details like What is IP camera, how they work and How to use them.

2) Setting up and Installing IP Camera on Local Area Network in your home or office premise.

3) How to access IP Camera over internet for remote monitoring. This is the most useful feature and often most tricky if you are not a technical person.

4) Comparing different models and types of IP cameras for different needs e.g. monitoring babies, monitoring staff, monitoring maids, home security, business surveillance etc.

5) How to maintain your IP camera and keep it working for long time.

I hope, I can share some useful details based upon my experience, which help other IP camera users like me to easily install, setup and use IP cameras from home and small offices.

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